#C3AB61#C3AB61

#C3AB61 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.098 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3AB61
RGB	rgb(195, 171, 97)
HSL	hsl(45, 45%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(45, 50%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 50.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.59, -0.96, 41.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.59, 41.04, 91.34°)
OKLab	oklab(74.62% -0.0033 0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(74.62% 0.098 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.2276, 41.5927, 17.2689)
Luminance	0.4159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3AB61 #6179C3

analogous

#C37A61 #C3AB61 #AAC361

triadic

#C3AB61 #61C3AB #AB61C3

tetradic

#C3AB61 #61C37A #6179C3 #C361AA

square

#C3AB61 #61C37A #6179C3 #C361AA

split-complementary

#C3AB61 #61AAC3 #7A61C3

monochromatic

#7B682F #A78E40 #C3AB61 #D4C38D #E5DABA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#C3AB61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#C3AB61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3AB61

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3AB61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3AB61	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A95B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB064

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3ab61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 171, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.098 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c38f',
    500: '#c3ab61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3ab61;
$custom-light: #d7c38f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3ab61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.306,
    "s": 44.954,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74619,
    "c": 0.09807,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3AB61

secondary

#ACB6D4

accent

#73D553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3AB61

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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